Applying Systems Thinking for Nutrition
Practitioners working in nutrition must start thinking about the effect food, health, and education systems have on nutrition practices and outcomes.
Strengthening Systems for Nutrition
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Guinea Final Country Report
Executive Summary
In 2016, the SPRING project began providing technical assistance in Guinea with funding from USAID’s Bureau of Food Security (BFS) to test small-scale approaches for improving dietary diversity within the prefecture of Faranah.
Sierra Leone Final Country Report
Executive Summary
The SPRING project began working in Sierra Leone in January 2016 through funding from the USAID Bureau for Food Security (BFS).
Senegal: Final Country Report
Executive Summary
The Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project launched a two-year program in Senegal in November 2015 focused on creating, testing, and learning from local partnership approaches to improve the nutritional status of pregnan
Assessing the Application of Systems Thinking for Nutrition
The Case for Systems Thinking
Figure 1. The SPRING Framework for Applying Systems Thinking to Nutrition
Today, the world faces a double burden of malnutrition, with almost three billion people suffering from either undernutrition or overweight (FAO 2013). No country is untouched by this crisis.
Translating Evidence into Policy
Getting nutrition commitments cemented into other sectors' plans and strategies at global, national and program levels will demand lengthy and sensitive negotiation, backed up wi
Building a Shared Vision for Good Nutrition, Growth, and Development in the Community
Introduction
Poor nutrition is one of the most important challenges to the development and growth of nations and communities. In its recent Global Nutrition Coordination Plan 2016–2021, the U.S. Government committed to “improving nutrition throughout the world in order to enhance health, productivity, and human potential” (USAID 2016).
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic Project Overview
This short video is a brief overview of the work that SPRING has been doing in the Kyrgyz Republic since the project began in 2014.
National Policies and Plans to Address the Dual Burden of Malnutrition
Photo credit: Lokendra Nath Roychoudhury
According to the 2013 Global Burden of Disease study, diet and nutrition-related factors represent the greatest risk factors for disease worldwide. The scope of malnutrition is enormous; billions of people are affected worldwide and it is estimated to cost the global economy 3.5 trillion U.S.